Cambodian Gold Projects

The Cambodian Gold Projects are located approximately 275 kilometres north-east of Cambodia’s capital city of Phnom Penh in the province of Mondulkiri. The town of Kratie is located on the Mekong River approximately 90 kilometres to the west and the capital of Mondulkiri, Saen Monorom is located approximately 60 kilometres to the south-east.

During the 2017 year, Emerald reached agreements to earn-in to five additional exploration licences covering a combined area of 1,050km2, prospective for large scale Intrusive Related Gold systems. All five of the licence areas are in close proximity to the Okvau Gold Project.

In addition, Emerald has been notified by the Cambodian Ministry of Mines & Energy that its application for 75km2 of unexplored vacant land located 40 kilometres to the south-west of the Okvau Gold Project, has been successful. The 100% owned new licence area being Svay Chras.

The earn-in agreements, along with the new exploration licence granted, expands Emerald’s ground position in Eastern Cambodia from 374km2 to 1,500km2.

Project Location Exploration Licence Areas

Topography of the project areas is relatively flat with low relief of 80 metres to 200 metres above sea level. There are isolated scattered hills rising to around 400 metres. The area is sparsely populated with some limited historical small scale mining activity. An all-weather gravel haulage road servicing logging operations in the area provides good access to within 25 kilometres of the Okvau exploration camp site. The current access over the remaining 25 kilometres is sufficient for exploration activities but is planned to be upgraded to an all-weather road as part of project development.

The mineralised vein system of the Okvau Deposit has a current strike extent of 500 metres across a width of 400 metres. The depth and geometry of the resource make it amenable to open pit mining with 73%, or 830,000 ounces of the total resource estimate within the single open pit mine design.

The Okvau Deposit remains open. There is significant potential to define additional ounces from both shallow extensions along strike to the north-east and at depth. The current resource estimate is underpinned by 132 drill holes for 33,351 metres, of which 100 holes or 30,046 metres is diamond core drilling with the remainder being reverse circulation drilling. Drill hole spacing is nominally 30 metres by 30 metres.

The Okvau Deposit and other gold occurrences within the exploration licences are directly associated with diorite and granodiorite intrusions and are best classed as Intrusive Related Gold mineralisation. Exploration to date has demonstrated the potential for large scale gold deposits with the geology and geochemistry analogous to other world class Intrusive Related Gold districts, in particular the Tintina Gold Belt in Alaska (Donlin Creek 38Moz, Pogo 6Moz, Fort Knox 10Moz, Livengood 20Moz).